- (1) provide for the realization of the constitutional guarantees of counsel in the representation of indigent individuals, including related necessary services and facilities, in criminal and juvenile proceedings in the State;
- (2) assure the effective assistance and continuity of counsel to indigent accused individuals taken into custody and indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings before the courts of the State; and
- (3) authorize the Office of the Public Defender to administer and ensure enforcement of this title.
It is the policy of the State to:
Added by Acts 2008, c. 15, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2008. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 8, § 1, eff. March 27, 2019.